Staff Engineer, Backend (Recommendation Systems) (Hinge, Inc., New York, NY)

Manage end to end backend features alongside cross-disciplinary teams. Architect the design and build of backend systems. Leverage experience with past architecture designs and technologies to drive design of new projects with the goal of balancing short and long term goals. Stay informed about the team’s domain-specific failure modes and operational challenges. Create system designs that address these challenges. Act as subject matter expert of team's technology and accelerate the success of others by creating key technical abstractions for the team. Safeguard technical standards across all of backend by directly supporting design review processes. Develop fluency within the business domain and help translate business needs into actionable technical work items. Help plan the technical roadmap for the team. Proactively remedy team processes and communication issues. Telecommuting may be permitted. When not telecommuting, must report to 809 Washington St, New York, NY 10014. Salary: $169,229 - $220,000 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Informatics, Computer Engineering, or related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any occupation/position/job title involving supporting and maintaining backend software systems.

Must also have experience in the following: 5 years of professional experience performing backend software engineering and developing backend infrastructures; 5 years of professional experience building backend infrastructures for consumer-facing features (Business to Consumer) built on iOS and Android for a global tech company; 5 years of professional experience performing software engineering practices and employing best practices for the full software development life cycle (including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, and testing); 5 years of professional experience using data storage technologies including relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, or SQLServer) or NoSQL databases (DynamoDB or MongoDB); 5 years of professional experience handling large volumes (millions daily) of data within AWS using JVM-based or Go programming languages; 5 years of professional experience handling cloud based container runtimes including Docker and Kubernetes and handling data and event streaming using Kafka; 3 years of professional experience working with request-response or event-based cloud architectures; 3 years of professional experience using distributed caching technologies including Redis or Memcached; 3 years of professional experience leading and creating project roadmaps of deployments for B2C web applications and mobile apps (iOS and Android) and breaking down step to designate to peers ; 2 years of professional experience with assisting in the hiring process of technical hires (including interviews and test review), reviewing peer code, and mentoring junior engineers; 1 year of professional experience working with JVM-based BigData technologies (Hadoop, Kafka, or Spark); and 1 year of professional experience performing backend software engineering including leading and collaborating with Internal Tooling, Product Engineering, ML Engineering, and Platform Engineering, and developing backend infrastructures to drive systems used to generate User to User recommendations for microservices written in Golang.

CONTACT: Please email resume to [email protected]. Please specify ad code [ASLL].

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